/loop in Claude Code: the cron that lives and dies with your terminal

For months, I’ve been running Claude Code tasks using a homemade cron. A Bash script that starts a headless session, feeds it a prompt, waits for it to finish, and then closes. It works. Barely, but it works. I’ve got it up on GitHub if anyone’s interested. Then on Friday, with version 2.1.71, Anthropic introduced /loop. A native scheduler. Built directly into Claude Code sessions. My first reaction was: “They killed my project.” ...

March 9, 2026 · Fernando